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The Most famous sights of Asia – Heliopolis – city of the Sun

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Wall is one of the largest and most skilled construction and technical structures in the world. It stretches from Liaodong Bay. North-East of Beijing through Northern China to the Gobi desert. Data on the length and range of different. The distance from one end to the other is 2450 km, but when you consider deviating from it other ramparts, you get 6000 – 6500 km.

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Claimed in life to rule over all the kingdoms of Qin shihuang could not put up with loneliness after death. To date, the complex of tombs found ruins of more than 600 graves and crypts for the funerary objects that were buried with the deceased.

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In the construction of the Imperial Palace was attended by a million construction workers and 100 other professionals – masters of stone carving, wood, artists, etc. It is the largest Palace complex in the world. Number of rooms of the Forbidden city is 9999

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The temple of Heaven was built during the Ming dynasty in 1420, when Emperor Yong Le moved the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing. In the next five centuries the winter solstice has passed the Imperial prayers with sacrifices to the glory of Heaven with the request to grant a good harvest.

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The waves picked up off the coast of South India thousands of tons of sand, which seemed like a sculpture and the ruins of the cities of the Kingdom of [pallavov] (III-IX century). Two six-foot granite lion was guarding the Dravidian Mahabalipuram (VII century), but have failed, when the water swallowed him.

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The red Fort, or Lal Qila, owes its name to the red Sandstone from which its walls are built. The length of the wall in the perimeter of 2.4 km and its height varies from 18 meters from the river side to 33 meters towards the town.

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Most travelers call the Taj Mahal in India the most beautiful building in the world. This outstanding architectural structure. The Palace is built of white marble and is striking the right shape and the flowing lines of the dome gives it a special charm.

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The remoteness of Ladakh and dizzying heights of the surrounding scenery attracts the adventurous. Add to this the fact that in Ladakh the living Tibetan tradition and the traditional way of life, he seems to be cut off from the world, and, in General, not touched by Western civilization.

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The Potala Palace consists of two parts: the White Palace (located at bottom) and Red (located on the upper floors). White was used mainly for administrative purposes and other social events. The second Red – still serves for religious ceremonies.

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The emerald Buddha in Thailand is called “the Holy emerald Jewel”. Thai Chronicles in different ways, but in greater detail “biography” of the emerald Buddha.

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The jungle swallowed the temples of Angkor hiding it for several centuries under thick vegetation of the rainforest. The only thing that could not hide the forest, was the stone ledge of construction, which in 1861 a French naturalist accidentally discovered.

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In its heyday Bagan was a major religious centre and a prosperous city, in which lived at least 300 thousand people. It was located on the banks of the Irrawaddy river. The people raised up here about 10 thousand pagodas and monasteries. To our days have survived about 2 thousand.

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Borobudur with the diversity of its pointed turrets, images and statues of Buddha it seems, and now, after 12 centuries, fantastic work. Borobudur is built as a huge stupa, which is made in the shape of a giant mandala.

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When you leave, leave a piece of yourself and feel the unexpressed anguish of unbearable loss. Jerusalem in Hebrew means City of Peace, but throughout 5000 years of history, he failed to become a peaceful city.

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The dead sea is actually a lake and the biggest salt in the world “reserve”. Average salt content is more than six times the salt content in ocean water, and this explains why this water is not found neither the vegetable nor animal life.

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